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Depends how hard you try - I've never broken a wire, but I did bend the gear landing hard and heavy after catching the wire on one of my first attempts landing on the carrier (flying TVV into the elbow, pre flying the ball)… So - maybe the margin of safety is higher than you expect, but there are consequences modelled for landing too heavy W/ too high a sink rate...

So we should use our imagination to put together imaginary conflicts over the Suez, but it’s too big a stretch to imagine a conflict in an area where the likely opponents are already facing off on the ground, and that has a good selection of antagonistic proxies for the super powers spread across it ? Strange..

Or someone who thought they would like to do another module someday and want to keep ED on side... Seriously though, if the contract is written in such a way that the vendor can still sell the right to the code to another party, there’s no downside to a clause that only kicks in if they go bust, so why would they damage their relationship with E.D. by refusing to sign such a clause ?

Great :-) Don't start a thread about falling out of the sky as you slow and descend though - above the speed at which the vibrations occur you can descend as fast as you want (within reason), below that speed you're at risk of VRS and a quick exit from the game. The shudder's a useful reminder...

Only if you try drive it like a stock-car racer. I've only ever had it do that when deliberately adding crazy rates of turn at speed to see if I could make it happen after someone (you ?) posted it as a bug. (& that's on the ground or on the carrier since the carrier deck slip was fixed)

Not in the options (gear) Misc. page in that group with 'controls indicator' ? That's how I got rid of them.

In the options settings

The reticle for the left weapon is offset to the left, and the right to the right. They're fired alternately. If you align with the left reticle (by turning slightly right) and launch, the right reticle will come up, and as you're currently facing slightly right (to align with the left reticle) it will appear further to the right than the first one did to the left, but actually it's the same amount off center from the centerline of the aircraft, just the helicopter isn't pointing straight at the target any more.

Things have actually happened - just not things you've seen

Much of the current system development for the F/A-18C is creating a prototype implementation of those systems in DCS. Once the prototype system has been created, further implementations are easier and quicker to develop.

If you exclude coastline, you exclude the Western Front from 1940 to 1945.

Glad you got it working :)

If I have offended any of the family, friends, loved ones or countrymen and women of those on Iran Air Flight 655 I apologise. That was not my intention.

It does - whether it increases range depends on the altitude and speed of the launcher and target. That's why you can select it or not.

#1 : Don't deliberately go into a gunfight armed only with a knife.

1/It will only try to pull the cyclic out of your hand if you don't understand the AP and fly it incorrectly. 2/It sounds like you have a completely unrealistic expectation of helicopter A2A combat. It was never intended that pilots go out and try to shoot down jets. It's a GROUND attack aircraft, with limited ability to engage targets of opportunity in the air - as are all attack helicopters. The US don't bother mounting A2A missiles on Cobra, but the Israelis do. They've shot down a Cessna and a UAV with A2A missiles from Apaches.

Operation Praying Mantis ? F-18 as A-7Es F-14's We have the oil rigs Ticonderoga could stand in for the Vincennes ... Do we have an A300B2 in game ?

That'll make for some interesting team kill discussions / server boots where people on the same side have the wrong codes entered / wrong mode active.

Track ?

It's not a plane I've really paid much attention to, but this doesn't make it sound like a must have: & & yet they seem to have done well in the Pacific ...

Was there some P.M.ing going on there ? Cause actually, you replied to someone else: The OP of this thread just 'seconded' that thread, and even if you thought you'd explained ... you don't think there's even a little chance that maybe : just means absolutely nothing to someone that has 20 posts in total & maybe hasn't investigated the program architecture of the game ?

If you go back and look, map coverage changed a lot for all the theatres between initial implementation and final product. Not much point in showing it if you know that it's not close to the final shape.

F/A-18 & KC-130 involved in 'incident' off Japan, seven missing... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/dec/05/seven-missing-in-mishap-between-two-us-marines-aircraft-off-japan-official-says

If you're interested in a better view; The image came from http://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/081107-F-7823A-171.JPG, but the link is dead. You can still see the images at https://www.af.mil/shared/media/photodb/photos/081107-F-7823A-171.JPG same plane, different angle:

I don't know … I suspect it would vary from person to person. I'm not a pilot, but I've done both of these: In both the pilot took off handed over the stick and I flew out to the aerobatics area, then they would perform the exercise & pass you the stick to repeat it. In the Pitts we were pulling 4G, not sure about the Victa. After we'd finished the pitts pilot did some other aerobatics (finished by climbed then flicked it into a spin to lose altitude) then landed, the other pilot let me fly back to the airport, fly the downwind leg, turn into the approach leg & practice some stick for speed, throttle for altitude on short finals. At maybe 150 feet I asked were they going to take the stick & they said if I wanted, and regrettably I said yes.. But it was all very like DCS I thought - if you leave aside how uncomfortable unexpected G are (but you get used to it very quickly). Even the flick into a spin and several rotations was just - fun :)